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Rockland Breakwater
State: ME
Year established: 1888
Latitude: 44 deg 6
min 14 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 4
min 39 sec W
Height above sea level: 39 feet Original construction:
movable beacon along breakwater under construction Rebuilds:
 1902: 25-foot square brick tower on roof of wooden keeper's house at end of granite breakwater
Status:
Automated in 1965; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Flashing white every 5 seconds, visible for 17 nautical miles; fog signal 1 blast every 15 seconds
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/rocklandbreakwater/index.html
http://www.midcoast.com/~brkwater/
http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/rockland.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 94
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